HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY
aka
JOINER CEMETERY
Bird Township
Macoupin County, Illinois
This cemetery is located just north of Bird Farm Rd, south of Hettick Rd. in Bird Township, Macoupin Co., IL. It is situated in the NE 1/4 of the S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 5. According to the listing prepared by the Macoupin County Historical Society, "this cemetery was laid out in the early 1830s by James Husky and the first burials were for his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth who died of pneumonia. In 1843 the people of the Hickory Grove Community bought the land from Mr. Husky to build their Methodist Episcopal Church and laid out the cemetery on the same ground. The church was used until 1870 when it was torn down." We couldn't find any evidence of the church during our visit to this cemetery on 9 June 2006, but I have an idea it was located at the top of the hill on which the cemetery sits and on the south end of the cemetery. It looks as if the cemetery is mowed several times during the year and although the grass was rather tall, there was no brush or tall weeds in the cemetery. Many of the stones are down and nearly covered with grass and dirt however, most of the oldest stones are still very easy to read.
| NAME | BORN | DIED | AGE | MISC INFORMATION |
| ADAMS, Charles W. | 2 Nov 1855 | 1m3d | Son of J. & E. Adams | |
| ADAMS, Cytha E. | 23 Jul 1851 | 1m27d | Dau of J. & E. Adams | |
| ADAMS, E. Manford | 15 Sep 1854 | 27ds | Son of J. & E. Adams | |
| ADAMS, Edwin A. | 29 Aug 1853 | 2m10d | Son of J. & E. Adams | |
| ADAMS, Eliza J. | 27 Oct 1845 | 2m16d | Dau of J. & E. Adams | |
| ADAMS, Horatio | 26 Aug 1874 | 75y1m27d | ||
| ADAMS, Sitha | 26 Dec 1873 | 71y10m | Wife of Horatio Adams | |
| ADAMS, William R. | 5 Jan 1852 | 6m12d | Son of J. & E. Adams | |
| BELL, Elizabeth | 1 Mar 1851 | 69yrs | ||
| BELL, Isaac H. | 5 Apr 1848 | 1y10m12d | ||
| BILBRUCK, Charlotte | 11 May 1814 | 31 May 1900 | His Wife (Wife of John Bilbruck) | |
| BILBRUCK, Infants | ||||
| BILBRUCK, Ishmael M. | 8 Oct 1850 | 5 Aug 1899 | Son of John & Charlotte Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, Jack M. | 28 Dec 1931 | 8 Sep 2006 | ||
| BILBRUCK, John | 9 July 1810 | 27 Mar 1872 | 61y8m16d | |
| BILBRUCK, Joseph G. | 1848 | (17 Sep) 1939 | ||
| BILBRUCK, Martha A. | 27 Aug 187? | 2m24d | Dau of J.G. & S.E. Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, Martha C. | 6 Jan 1880 | 32y9m23d | Dau of J. & C. Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, Mary A. | 29 Aug 1862 | 28 Apr 1899 | Wife of J.G. Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, Susan E. | 1853 | 27 Oct 1878 | Wife of J. G. Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, Virgia A. | 13 Oct 1874 | 2m4d | Dau of J. G. & S. E. Bilbruck | |
| BILBRUCK, William T. | 29 Dec 1844 | 11 Apr 1899 | Pvt Co B 61st Ill. Inf. | |
| BILBRUCK, William W. | 12 Sep 1926 | 31 Jan 1996 | S1 U.S. Navy WWII | |
| BIRD, Ada Eugena | 11 Aug 1856 | 25 Nov 1858 | 2y3m11d | Dau of J. & E. Bird |
| BIRD, Amma C. | 4 Apr 1861 | 10m12d | Dau of J. & E.A. Bird | |
| BROWN, Horace C. | 27 Sep 1856 | 10m24d | Son of J. H. & M.E. Brown | |
| BROWN, John D. | 30 Aug 1864 | 1y11m21d | Son of J.H. & M.E. Brown | |
| BROWN, Mary V. A. | 6 Sep 1864 | 6y1m7d | Dau of J. H. & M. E. Brown | |
| CASTEEL, Eva Bell | 9 May 1880 | 2y11m11d | Dau of J. P. & A. A. Casteel | |
| CASTEEL, Infant | 25 Dec 1878 | 25 Dec 1878 | Dau of J. P. & A. A.Casteel | |
| CAVETT, Martha A. (Droke) | 3 Sep 1862 | 19 Jan 1889 | Wife of G. W.Cavett | |
| CHAPMAN, Charles B. | 21 Dec 1845 | 29y10m9d | ||
| CHAPMAN, Cytha | 14 Aug 1846 | 2y1m2d | Dau of C. B. & P. Chapman | |
| CHAPMAN, Pheby | 9 Aug 1850 | 28y2m6d | Wife of C. B. Chapman | |
| CORDER, Mary Doty | 2 Nov 1829 | 17 Mar 1896 | His Wife (Wife of Mathew Corder) | |
| CORDER, Mathew | 17 Mar 1829 | 8 Feb 1901 | ||
| CORDER, Sarah E. Droke | 14 Jun 1852 | 13 May 1872 | Their Dau (Dau of M. & M. Corder) | |
| CORDER, William E. | 11 Dec 1871 | 15y10m8d | Son of M. & M. Corder | |
| COX, Maggie | 15 Feb 1874 | 4m26d | Dau of J. V. & E. J. Cox (No stone Found) | |
| DOTY, Elijah | 18 Mar 1860 | 56yrs | ||
| DOTY, Infant | 12 Oct 1852 | 12 Oct 1852 | Dau of Wm. & C. Doty | |
| DOTY, James P. | 6 Sep 1847 | 11m10d | Son of Wm. & C. Doty | |
| DOTY, Mary M. | 5 Oct 1857 | 9y8m10d | Dau of Wm. & C. Doty | |
| DROKE, Abagail R. | 25 Nov 1833 | 9 Dec 1911 | Wife of Rev. J. W. Droke | |
| DROKE, Ida | (See S.I. Reynolds); Dau of James W. & Abagail R. Droke) | |||
| DROKE, James W. Rev. | 4 Nov 1832 | (4 Mar 1888) | (Pvt. Co. B, 122nd Ill. Inf.) | |
| DROKE, Martha | (See Martha Cavett); Dau of J. W. & Abagail R. Droke | |||
| DROKE, W. S. | 1876 | Col. 14th Ill. Inf. | ||
| DROKE, William R. | 29y5m25d | |||
| EDWARDS, Alice | 10 Jun 1876 | 5 Aug 1876 | Dau of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Bertie | 1 Oct 1873 | 22 Oct 1874 | Dau of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Daniel F. | 19 Dec 1872 | 18y10m23d | Son of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Earnest | 1 May 1885 | 24 Jul 1885 | Son of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Edgar | 1 May 1885 | 24 Jul 1885 | Son of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Griffith A. | 21 Mar 1865 | 15y1m11d | Son of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Isaac N. | 23 Aug 1817 | 7 Dec 1860 | Father | |
| EDWARDS, James H. | 12 Dec 1861 | 19y25d | Son of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Manda M. | 27 Aug 1861 | 1y4m | Dau of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| EDWARDS, Mary A. | 20 Mar 1821 | 20 Jan 1901 | His Wife (Wife of (1) I. N.Edwards, (2) Geo. W. Easley (1866)) | |
| EDWARDS, May | 2 Jun 1883 | 28 Aug 1883 | Dau of I. N. & M. A. Edwards | |
| GODBEY, Jane S. | 18 Dec 1871 | 41y6m | Wife of O.B. Godbey | |
| GODBEY, Overton B. | 16 Mar 1872 | 47y8d | ||
| HAGAMAN, John J. | 1867 | |||
| HAGAMAN, Irene A. Stewart | (25 Oct) 1866 | (13 Mar) 1922 | His Wife (Wife of John J. Hagaman) | |
| HAYDEN, Catherine | 22 Jan 1888 | 61yrs | Wife of Daniel B. Hayden; b Islemann, England | |
| HEWITT, Mary E. | 1 May 1851 | 26 Jun 1899 | ||
| HILL, Martha I. | 3 Nov 1856 | 9y2m27d | Dau of W. & M. Hill | |
| HUSKEY, Elizabeth | 15 Aug 1834 | 19y4m15d | Dau of J. & R. Huskey | |
| HUSKEY, Harriet C. | 19 Aug 1841 | 5y7m13d | Dau of James & Rhoda Huskey | |
| HUSKEY, James | 15 Sep 1845 | 50y7m1d | ||
| HUSKEY, Rhoda | 10 Oct 1855 | 59y6m20d | Wife of James Huskey | |
| HUSKEY, Sarah | 13 Aug 1834 | 14y11m11d | Dau of J. & R. Huskey | |
| JOINER, Edith | 24 Nov 1892 | 4y7m17d | Dau of S. & M. E. Joiner | |
| JOINER, Floyd E. | 23 Aug 1877 | 1m11d | Son of W. & S. L. Joiner | |
| JOINER, Infant Son | 11 Feb 1898 | Son of George W. & Nancy M. Joiner | ||
| JOINER, Martha | 9 Nov 1892 | 16yrs | Dau of S. & M. E. Joiner | |
| JOINER, Martha A. | 20 Aug 1820 | 10 Feb 1899 | Wife of Thomas Joiner | |
| JOINER, Mary E. | 26 Mar 1870 | 16y7m6d | ||
| JOINER, Mary Z. | 14 Dec 1873 | 30 Nov 1903 | Dau of W. & S. L. Joiner | |
| JOINER, Noah C. | 3 Sep 1882 | 17 Jan 1906 | Son of W. & S. L. Joiner | |
| JOINER, Sarah L. | 1840 | 1908 | His Wife (Wife of William Joiner) | |
| JOINER, Thomas | 7 Mar 1821 | 20 Sep 1883 | ||
| JOINER, Thomas | 8 May 1891 | 17y18d | Son of S. & M.E. Joiner | |
| JOINER, William | 1835 | 1923 | ||
| LOUVELESS, Elizabeth | 24 Aug 1850 | 21yrs | Dau of Wm. & J. Louveless | |
| LOUVELESS, Martha | 16 Aug 1853 | 1y4m | Dau of Wm. & J. Louveless | |
| LOVELESS, Elizabeth J. | 17 Oct 1851 | 11m26d | Dau of John H. & R. H. Loveless | |
| LOVELESS, James M. | 9 Aug 1866 | 1y1m7d | Son of Z. & N. Loveless | |
| LOVELESS, Mary Jane Edwards | 12 Mar 1841 | 27 Sep 1910 | Dau of I.N.&M. A. Edwards; Wife of Z. Loveless | |
| MAGINNIS, Elizabeth B. | 26 Apr 1852 | 33y1m | Wife of Green M. Maginnis (No stone found) | |
| MARSHALL, John M. | 22 Feb 1871 | 40y4m25d | ||
| MAXFIELD, Charles F. | 1 Jun 1865 | 4y6m9d | Son of B. F. & M. J. Maxfield | |
| MAXFIELD, Jennie A. | 4 Sep 1864 | 1y11m28d | Dau of B. F. & M. J. Maxfield | |
| McKAIN, James Ira | 18 Aug 1867 | 11m11ds | Son of F. & E. McKain | |
| MOORE, Clarinda C. | 18 Sep 1856 | 6y10m25d | Dau of V. I. & Penina Moore | |
| MOORE, Rhoda E. | 14 Oct 1846 | 1m9d | Dau of V. I. & Penina Moore | |
| MURPHEY, Louisa | 11 Apr 1848 | 1y10m6d | Dau of J. & J. Murphey | |
| NEVINS, Imri | 1857 | 1897 | Son of J. & M. Nevins | |
| NEVINS, James B. | 11 Jan 1890 | 73y9m5d | ||
| NEVINS, Miranda | 6 Aug 1885 | 65y6m | Wife of J. B. Nevins | |
| PEEBLES, Hattie | 13 Sep 1868 | 1m19d | Dau of H.B. & M. J. Peebles | |
| PEEBLES, Jesse H. | 22 Dec 1846 | 24y10m24d | ||
| PEEBLES, Nancy D. (Arnett) | 7 Sep 1858 | 33y20d | Wife of C. H. Peebles | |
| PISKACEK, Frank | 1840 | 1918 | ||
| PISKACEK, Frank J. | 1900 | 1900 | Son of J. W. & K. Piskacek | |
| PISKACEK, Joseph | 1866 | 1951 | ||
| PISKACEK, Katie | 1868 | 1938 | ||
| PISKACEK, Mary | 1840 | 1925 | His Wife (Wife of Frank Piskacek) | |
| POTTS, Julia F. | 29 Oct 1862 | 11m26d | Dau of J. & L. Potts | |
| POTTS, Lavinia | 11 Jan 1864 | 47yrs | Wife of J. Potts | |
| PULLIAM, Infant | 22 Oct 1879 | Son of E.C. & H. M. Pulliam | ||
| REAGAN, Charles Edwin | 13 Sep 1868 | 1y19d | Son of S. M. & J. E. Reagan | |
| REAGAN, Nancy | 4 Mar 1844 | 55yrs | ||
| REAGAN, Sarah E. | 19 Feb 1857 | 20y6m9d | Wife of R. R. Reagan | |
| REYNOLDS, S. Ida (Droke) | 8 Aug 1868 | 5 Feb 1897 | Wife of William Reynolds | |
| RICE, M. J. | 16 Jan 1832 | Wife of Wm. A. Rice (No stone found) | ||
| ROACH, Virginia Allice | 12 Mar 1869 | 6m15d | Dau of W.C. & Z. E. Roach | |
| STEWART, Huldah | 4 Dec 1897 | 55y11m21d | (Wife of J. R. Stewart) | |
| STEWART, Mary P. | 10 Aug 1864 | 2y1m6d | Dau of J. R. & H. Stewart | |
| SULLIVAN, Mary J. | 13 Mar 1840 | 13 Feb 1892 | ||
| SUSANKA, Barbara | 4 Apr 1881 | 39y11m | Wife of Joseph Susanka; b in Bohemian | |
| TURNER, Nancy O. | 21 Apr 1845 | 15 Mar 1908 | ||
| TURNER, Wilson | 4 Sep 1833 | 12 Nov 1905 | ||
| UNDERWOOD, Emeline C. | 2 Sep 1864 | 19y4m | Dau of N. & M. Underwood | |
| UNDERWOOD, John H. | 15 Aug 1861 | Son of N. & M. Underwood | ||
| VANORSDOL, Baby Dau | 18 Mar 1881 | 18 Mar 1881 | Dau of J.M. & L.E. Vanorsdol | |
| VANORSDOL, Infant Son | 20 Oct 1880 | 16 Feb 1881 | Son of J.A. & M. Vanorsdol | |
| WAGGONER, Marion | 19 Feb 1854 | 12d | Son of A. & N. Waggoner | |
| WAGGONER, Nancy | 11 Feb 1854 | 17y8m4d | Wife of A. Waggoner | |
| WHEELER, Elmer | 1912 | 1924 | Son | |
| WHEELER, Francis M. | (18 Jun) 1839 | (13 Mar) 1919 | ||
| WHEELER, Georgia Ruth | 15 May 1900 | 10 Jan 1909 | Dau of N.M. & M. R. Wheeler | |
| WHEELER, Iva Lee | 16 Jan 1899 | 12 Jul 1899 | Dau of N.M. & M. R. Wheeler | |
| WHEELER, Mary R. | 1869 | (3 Oct) 1918 | ||
| WHEELER, Matilda J. | 1845 | 1873 | (His Wife (Wife of Francis Wheeler) | |
| WHEELER, Newton M. | 1869 | (27 Sep)1928 | ||
| WHEELER, Stephen E. | 1872 | 1873 | Son of F.M. & M.J. Wheeler | |
| WHITELEY, Adelaide | 29 Dec 1869 | 36yrs | Wife of Robert Whiteley | |
| WHITELEY, Robert | 21 Dec 1853 | Son of R. & A. Whiteley | ||
| WHITELEY, Infant Sons | Six infant sons of R. & A. Whiteley |